Cross-site scripting in flask-admin - CVE-2018-16516
Published: September 5, 2018 / Updated: January 31, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36727
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16516
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a crafted URL. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
flask-admin
Fedora
python-flask-admin
Fedora
python-flask-admin
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16516
Install update from vendor's website.
python-flask-admin - addressed in versions 1.5.6-1.fc31, 1.5.6-1.fc32
External References
- https://github.com/flask-admin/flask-admin/pull/1699
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJIYCWIH3BRLI2QNC53CQXLKVP27X7EH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZU2VKULURVXEU4YFTLMBQGYMPSXQ4MBN/